Bazhanova Coal Mine
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The Bazhanova coal mine is a large coal mine located in southeastern Ukraine
in Donetsk Oblast
, in the industrial city of Makiivka
. Bazhanova represents one of the largest coal
reserve in Ukraine
having estimated reserves of 58.7 million tonnes of coal
. The annual coal production is around 1.02 million tonnes.
On 29 July 2011, an elevator collapsed at Bazhanova Coal Mine, killing 11 miners and seriously injuring four others. Hundreds of workers were evacuated from other areas of the mine. The president of Ukraine ordered a government investigation. Ukraine's prime minister attributed the accident to "negligence" and estimated that it would take 16 months to repair damage to the mine. Earlier that same day, Ukraine had experienced another fatal coal-mining accident due to an explosion in the Suhodolskaya-Vostochnaya coal mine
.
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
in Donetsk Oblast
Donetsk Oblast
Donetsk Oblast is an oblast of eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Donetsk. Historically, the province is an important part of the Donbas region...
, in the industrial city of Makiivka
Makiivka
Makiivka, also spelled Makiyivka is an industrial city located in eastern Ukraine within the Donetsk Oblast , from the capital Donetsk. As of the 2001 Ukrainian Census, the city's population is 389,589 inhabitants, of these 178,475 are men and 211,114 are women. It is an important steel...
. Bazhanova represents one of the largest coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
reserve in Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
having estimated reserves of 58.7 million tonnes of coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
. The annual coal production is around 1.02 million tonnes.
On 29 July 2011, an elevator collapsed at Bazhanova Coal Mine, killing 11 miners and seriously injuring four others. Hundreds of workers were evacuated from other areas of the mine. The president of Ukraine ordered a government investigation. Ukraine's prime minister attributed the accident to "negligence" and estimated that it would take 16 months to repair damage to the mine. Earlier that same day, Ukraine had experienced another fatal coal-mining accident due to an explosion in the Suhodolskaya-Vostochnaya coal mine
Suhodolskaya-Vostochnaya coal mine
The Suhodolskaya-Vostochnaya coal mine is a large underground coal mine located in the south-east of Ukraine in Lugansk Oblast. Suhodolskaya-Vostochnaya represents one of the largest coal reserves in Ukraine having estimated reserves of 157.4 million tonnes...
.